Hittite archives

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The Hittite archives are collections of clay tablets preserving administrative, legal, religious, and diplomatic texts from the Hittite Empire, written in cuneiform and other contemporary scripts.

All labels observed (17)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient text collection ⓘ
archaeological find category ⓘ
cuneiform tablet corpus ⓘ
approximateDate 17th century BCE to 12th century BCE ⓘ
chronologicalRange Late Bronze Age ⓘ
Middle Hittite period ⓘ
New Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Hittite states

Old Hittite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Hittite Empire
composedOf clay tablets ⓘ
contains administrative texts ⓘ
cult inventories ⓘ
diplomatic texts ⓘ
historical annals ⓘ
incantations ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
letters ⓘ
mythological texts ⓘ
omen texts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
ritual texts ⓘ
royal edicts ⓘ
treaties ⓘ
discoveredBy archaeologists in the late 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
foundAt Boğazköy ⓘ
Emar ⓘ
Hattusa ⓘ
Kültepe ⓘ
Maşat Höyük ⓘ
Ortaköy ⓘ
linked to: Ortaköy

Sapinuwa ⓘ
Ugarit ⓘ
includes copy of Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty ⓘ
language Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian

Hittite language ⓘ
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)

Hurrian language ⓘ
linked to: Hurrian

Luwian language ⓘ
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian

Sumerian language ⓘ
mainCenter Hattusa archives ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives

Hattusa royal archives ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
material baked clay ⓘ
preservationMethod firing of clay tablets ⓘ
scriptType cuneiform script ⓘ
significance primary source for Hittite history ⓘ
primary source for Hittite law ⓘ
primary source for Hittite religion ⓘ
primary source for Late Bronze Age diplomacy ⓘ
storedInAntiquityAs administrative archives ⓘ
palace archives ⓘ
temple archives ⓘ
usedBy Hittite Empire ⓘ
Hittite administration ⓘ
writingSystem Akkadian cuneiform ⓘ
Hittite cuneiform ⓘ
Hurrian cuneiform ⓘ
Luwian hieroglyphic ⓘ
Sumerian cuneiform ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cuneiform Luwian → usedIn → Hittite archives ⓘ
Suppiluliuma I → source → Hittite royal annals ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Mursili II → sourceOfInformation → Hittite royal annals ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Late Bronze Age collapse → historicalSource → Hittite texts ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Hittite laws → foundIn → royal archives of Hattusa ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Sun goddess of Arinna → mentionedIn → Hittite treaties ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Egyptian–Hittite wars → documentedBy → Hittite cuneiform tablets ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Palaite → attestedIn → Hittite archives ⓘ
Hittite archives → mainCenter → Hattusa archives ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Hittite archives → mainCenter → Hattusa royal archives ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Karkemish → mentionedIn → Hittite texts ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Bedřich Hrozný → hasWork → Hethitische Keilschrifttafeln aus Boghazköi ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Hittite royal court → documentedIn → Hittite cuneiform tablets ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Hittite royal court → documentedIn → Hattusa archives ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Boğazköy → hasDiscovery → Boğazköy cuneiform tablets ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Suppiluliuma II → attestedIn → Boghazkoy archives ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Hurrian religion → documentedIn → Hittite archives at Hattusa ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Kizzuwatna → mentionedIn → Hittite texts ⓘ
subject linked to: Kizzuwatna (at times)
linked to: Hittite archives
Suppiluliuma I → sourceMention → Hittite annals ⓘ
subject linked to: Hittite king Suppiluliuma I
linked to: Hittite archives
King of the Hittites → associatedWith → Hittite treaties ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Plague Prayers of Mursili II → archaeologicalSite → Hattusa tablet archives ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Telepinu → mentionedIn → Hittite royal annals ⓘ
subject linked to: Telepinu (ancestor)
linked to: Hittite archives
Mursili I → historicalSource → Hittite royal annals ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Mezulla → mentionedIn → Hittite offering lists ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Anatolian → reconstructedFrom → royal archives of Hattusa ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Arnuwanda II → historicalSource → Hittite royal annals ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
New Hittite period → administrativeCenter → Hattusa royal archives ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Tudhaliya II → attestedIn → Hittite cuneiform tablets ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Nesite language → primarySources → royal archives of Hattusa ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Nesite language → attestedIn → Boğazköy (Hattusa) tablets ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Hittite kings → knownFrom → Hittite annals ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Tawananna → documentedIn → Hittite cuneiform tablets ⓘ
subject linked to: Tawananna (Hittite queen)
linked to: Hittite archives
Mursili I → sourceMention → Hittite royal annals ⓘ
subject linked to: Hittite king Mursili I
linked to: Hittite archives
Hittites → archaeologicalDiscovery → Hittite royal archives ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Tudhaliya IV → sourceOfInformation → Hittite cuneiform tablets ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Kingdom of Kadesh → mentionedBy → Hittite royal annals ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
Hurrian dynasty → attestedIn → Hittite archives ⓘ